Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) versus Techprecision (NASDAQ:TPCS) Head to Head Comparison

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.2% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Techprecision shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.6% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Techprecision shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ampco-Pittsburgh and Techprecision”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ampco-Pittsburgh	$418.30 million	0.13	$440,000.00	($0.24)	-11.38
Techprecision	$34.03 million	1.59	-$2.75 million	($0.19)	-28.68

Ampco-Pittsburgh has higher revenue and earnings than Techprecision. Techprecision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ampco-Pittsburgh, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Ampco-Pittsburgh has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Techprecision has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ampco-Pittsburgh and Techprecision’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ampco-Pittsburgh	-1.22%	1.40%	0.19%
Techprecision	-5.64%	-22.22%	-5.68%

Summary

Ampco-Pittsburgh beats Techprecision on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ampco-Pittsburgh

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacture and sale of specialty metal products and customized equipment to commercial and industrial users worldwide. The company operates through Forged and Cast Engineered Products (FCEP); and Air and Liquid Processing (ALP) segments. The FCEP segment produces forged hardened steel rolls, cast rolls and, forged engineered products that are used in cold rolling mills by producers of steel, aluminum, and other metals; cast rolls for hot strip mills, medium/heavy section mills, roughing mills, and plate mills; and forged engineered products for narrow and wide strip and aluminum mills, back-up rolls for narrow strip mills, and leveling rolls and shafts. The ALP segment produces custom-engineered finned tube heat exchange coils and related heat transfer products for various industries, including OEM/commercial, nuclear power generation, and industrial manufacturing; custom-designed air handling systems for institutional, pharmaceutical, and general industrial building markets; and manufacture centrifugal pumps for the fossil fueled power generation, marine defense, and industrial refrigeration industries. Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

About Techprecision

TechPrecision Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells precision, fabricated, and machined metal structural components and systems in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Ranor and Stadco. It provides custom components for ships, submarines, military helicopters, aerospace equipment, components for nuclear power plants, and components for medical systems. The company also provides support services to its manufacturing capabilities comprising manufacturing engineering, quality control, materials procurement, production control, and final assembly. Its finished products are used various markets, including defense, aerospace, nuclear, medical, and precision industrial. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Westminster, Massachusetts.